grease

UK /ɡɹis/ US /ɡɹis/
noun 5verb 5

Definitions

noun

1

Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

2

Any oily or fatty matter.

3

Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.

4

Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.

5

Money.

Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.

verb

1

To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.

2

To bribe.

the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor

Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.

3

To cause to go easily; to facilitate.

4

To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.

To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.

5

To extinguish the life of.

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